An uncomfortable sense of ‎déjà vu hovered over the Portland Thorns Wednesday night.

Just over a month after Portland failed to capitalize on its ample chances in a 1-0 loss to Sky Blue FC, the Thorns (6-5-2) once again had difficulty scoring as they fell 2-1 to Sky Blue (3-6-6) in front of 10,477 fans at Providence Park Wednesday.

"To me, it was an almost replica game," Thorns coach Paul Riley said. "I would think the shots are probably exactly what they were last time. It's just frustrating."

Sky Blue entered the match having not won a game since beating the Thorns 1-0 on May 24 at Providence Park.

In that match, the Thorns dominated possession, taking 18 shots, while Sky Blue managed just nine. And in an eerily similar outing Wednesday, Portland controlled the game, taking 18 shots, while Sky Blue took just seven.

But once again, it was Sky Blue that came through when it counted.

Sky Blue defender Lindsi Cutshall scored the game-winning goal in the 64th minute when she got her head on the end of a free kick from defender Christie Rampone to give Sky Blue a 2-1 lead.

"We worked on set pieces," Riley said. "We talked about their free kicks...we just don't follow. We don't track. That's something we got to work on because we paid the price. We gave that goal away and it just knocked the stuffing out of us."

Sky Blue scored the first goal of the match in the eighth minute when Katy Freels stole the ball from Thorns midfielder Allie Long and quickly turned and chipped a deep shot toward goal. Thorns goalkeeper Nadine Angerer was caught off her line and watched the ball sail slowly into the top of the net as Sky Blue took a 1-0 lead.

"I actually thought we played pretty well tonight and gave up two pretty bad goals," Thorns captain Christine Sinclair said. "First one, sloppy give away, and the second one, just horrendous man marking on the set piece."

Despite giving up the goals, the Thorns continued to pour shots on Sky Blue as the rain fell at Providence Park, but couldn't sink enough shots to get a result.

Portland's inability to finish has been a nagging problem for the team this season. The Thorns have taken a league-leading 219 shots this year, but have scored just 19 goals.

It seemed like the Thorns had made a breakthrough last Saturday when they crushed the Washington Spirit on the road, scoring six goals and absolutely frustrating Washington's defense en route to a 6-1 blow out.

But the Thorns weren't able to bring the same dominance back to Portland.

"I think we consistently, for most of the season, have created a lot of scoring chances and for one reason or another, they're not finding the back of the net," Sinclair said. "I thought (Sky Blue goalkeeper) Brittany Cameron played tremendously well tonight, made it difficult for us, and then we just miss hit some shots that should have been sitters."

The Thorns scored their lone goal in the 54th minute when Sinclair got on the end of a pass from Veronica Boquete in the box and tapped the ball into the net. After scoring just one goal over the first 11 games of the season, the Thorns captain has now scored in back-to-back games.

After Cutshall scored the go-ahead goal ten minutes later, Portland continued to fight to find the equalizer, but couldn't keep its shots on frame as it managed just six shots on goal in the match.

Thorns forward Alex Morgan and defender Rachel Van Hollebeke both put point blank shots over the net as the Thorns desperately looked for a goal in stoppage time.

"We work on finishing every day," Riley said. "Finishing in front of 15,000 is different than finishing in practice I think. We lacked a little composure in the penalty box. We had four or five clear cut chances last ten minutes and just didn't get it done."